There were plenty of people questioning the wisdom of the FA conducting an
awards ceremony last night. After all, what have England done to deserve it?
Even on the FA’s website, the first comment from the public said: “Paper
medals, suspend this until we win something.”

It would be churlish, however, to deny the FA a chance to show off a little in
the year of its 150th anniversary. It’s a bit of harmless fun at St George’s
Park before a crucial nine months for Roy Hodgson and his squad.